Exam question 3 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Seven Ravens, part 1: a girl sets…

Which of the following identifies the cause of the transformation of the seven sons into ravens, as stated in the extract?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, identify, state, cause, transform · To what, where: cause, ravens, extract, transformation, seven sons

This is exam question 3 of lesson 778 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Seven Ravens, part 1: a girl sets out to free her seven brothers, who were turned into ravens» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 identifies	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 identifies	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 identifies	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 identifies	nsubj
5	identifies	identify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cause	det
7	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 identifies	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 transformation	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 transformation	det
10	transformation	transformation	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cause	nmod
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 sons	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 sons	det
13	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 sons	nummod
14	sons	son	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 transformation	nmod
15	into	into	ADP	_	16 ravens	case
16	ravens	raven	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 identifies	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 stated	punct
18	as	as	SCONJ	_	19 stated	mark
19	stated	state	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 identifies	advcl
20	in	in	ADP	_	22 extract	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 extract	det
22	extract	extract	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 stated	obl
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 identifies	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	identify	present	the cause of the transformation of the seven sons	ravens	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent cause=Theme
3	state speech: other	participle		the extract	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	cause		the transformation of the seven sons		nom cause «event transitive»: of=patient
5	transform		the seven sons		nom transformation «event transitive»: of=patient

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1

their father's angry wish spoken when they were late

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 father	nmod:poss
2	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wish	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 father	case
4	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 wish	amod
5	wish	wish	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	spoken	speak	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 wish	acl
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 late	advmod
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 late	nsubj
9	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 late	cop
10	late	late	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 spoken	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	participle		their father's angry wish not said here		vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	they		late property	tree rules
3	wish		their father			nom wish «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

their father's angry wish made in haste at the well

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 father	nmod:poss
2	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wish	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 father	case
4	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 wish	amod
5	wish	wish	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 wish	acl
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 haste	case
8	haste	haste	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 made	obl
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 well	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 well	det
11	well	well	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	participle		their father's angry wish not said here		haste		at the well	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
2	wish		their father						nom wish «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

their father's angry wish

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 father	nmod:poss
2	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wish	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 father	case
4	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 wish	amod
5	wish	wish	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wish		their father						nom wish «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

their mother's sad prayer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mother	nmod:poss
2	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 prayer	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 mother	case
4	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 prayer	amod
5	prayer	prayer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pray		their mother						nom prayer «act intransitive»: poss=agent

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